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Georgy Girl (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Georgy Girl
| cover = Georgy Girl - The Seekers.jpg
| type = single
| artist = The Seekers
| album = Come the Day
| B-side = "The Last Thing on My Mind" (Europe)
"When the Stars Begin to Fall" (non-Europe)
| released = 10 October 1966
| genre = Pop rock, folk
| length = 2:21
| label = EMI Columbia (DB 8134) (UK)
EMI Capitol (5756) (US)
| composer = Tom Springfield
| lyricist = Jim Dale
| prev_title = Morningtown Ride
| prev_year = 1966
| next_title = When Will the Good Apples Fall
| next_year = 1966
| misc =
}}
"'Georgy Girl'" is a song by the Australian pop/folk music group The Seekers. It was used as the title song for the 1966 film of the same title. Tom Springfield, who had written "I'll Never Find Another You", composed the music and Jim Dale supplied the lyrics. The song is heard at both the beginning and end of the film, with markedly different lyrics (and with different lyrics again from those in the commercially released version). It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but the prize went to "Born Free".
The song became a hit in late 1966 and early 1967, reaching number one in Australia and number three in the United Kingdom. In the United States, it was the Seekers' highest charting single, reaching number one on the 'Cash Box' Top 100. "Georgy Girl" reached number two on the 'Billboard' Hot 100; "I'm a Believer" by The Monkees, kept the song from number one. The song's U.S. success prompted the Seekers' British album 'Come the Day' to be retitled 'Georgy Girl' for its American release.
Chart history
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Cover versions
In 1966, The Lennon Sisters recorded a cover of this song as well, which did not chart as well as the original song. It was performed by the sisters in 'The Lawrence Welk Show'.
In 1967, an instrumental version by the Baja Marimba Band reached number 98 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart and number 14 on the easy listening chart.
The New Seekers, a reorganized group from 1969 with guitarist Keith Potger, released a version of the song on the UK version of the album 'We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing'.
In 1971 Saori Minami recorded a cover of the song for her second album 'Shiokaze No Melody'.
The "Georgy Girl" song and melody appear in a reworked version with new lyrics in the early 1980s Barbie doll commercials such as Beauty Secrets Barbie and Angel Face Barbie, among others.
References
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in Australia
Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles
Category:Number-one singles in New Zealand
Category:1967 singles
Category:Songs written for films
Category:Songs written by Tom Springfield
Category:Columbia Graphophone Company singles
Category:Capitol Records singles
Category:1966 songs
Category:The Seekers songs
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